Michael Brown
@spacearoundthepoem.bsky.social
Overton Prize Winner and Northern Writers Award Recipient
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‘The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.’
— J. M. Barrie
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— J. M. Barrie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.’
— J. M. Barrie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
— J. M. Barrie
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Poems for wellbeing
April 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Poems for wellbeing
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
"...the process of making, the relationship with myself and language and the emerging poem, the drafting and re-drafting,
March 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"...the process of making, the relationship with myself and language and the emerging poem, the drafting and re-drafting,
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Bernie & AOC in Denver rally, making a statement!
They’re making it happen…
They’re making it happen…
March 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bernie & AOC in Denver rally, making a statement!
They’re making it happen…
They’re making it happen…
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March 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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@drsarahparker.bsky.social is giving a talk about designing the The World of Oscar Wilde 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle at Kibworth Books next week: Tuesday 25 March at 19.30. You can book a ticket here:
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Sarah Parker
Tuesday 25th March 2025 Sarah Parker on Oscar Wilde Kibworth Books, 7.30pm (doors 7:00pm) Kibworth Books is delighted to welcome Sarah Parker for a talk about Oscar Wilde & The Literary Jigsaw. ...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@drsarahparker.bsky.social is giving a talk about designing the The World of Oscar Wilde 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle at Kibworth Books next week: Tuesday 25 March at 19.30. You can book a ticket here:
kibworthbooks.com/collections/...
kibworthbooks.com/collections/...
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Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
The Poem as Public Health Message: on Mnemonics, Kelpies and the Banned Word List
Don Paterson’s alter ego sounds off on bad acronyms
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March 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
The Poem as Public Health Message: on Mnemonics, Kelpies and the Banned Word List
Don Paterson’s alter ego sounds off on bad acronyms
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
Most things this fella says are interesting and this is no exception
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‘It really helps to be able to write anywhere anywhere and on anything. I write on the backs of envelopes and on my phone and on my arm if there's no paper around.’
- Fredrik Bachman
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
- Fredrik Bachman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
‘It really helps to be able to write anywhere anywhere and on anything. I write on the backs of envelopes and on my phone and on my arm if there's no paper around.’
- Fredrik Bachman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
- Fredrik Bachman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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Earlier we were treated to a fantastic @healthhumslboro.bsky.social talk by @saralread.bsky.social where she discussed her novels ‘The Gossips’ Choice' (2020) & 'The Midwife’s Truth' (2023), and how case notes and midwifery practices in historical medical treatises are transformed into fiction.
March 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Earlier we were treated to a fantastic @healthhumslboro.bsky.social talk by @saralread.bsky.social where she discussed her novels ‘The Gossips’ Choice' (2020) & 'The Midwife’s Truth' (2023), and how case notes and midwifery practices in historical medical treatises are transformed into fiction.
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‘Stop not writing. Just do it, badly. Just write the thing you need or want to write, that you are avoiding. That avoidance is costing you greatly, isometrically, and in general well-being. So can you find one measly hour, to write, badly?’
— Anne Lamott
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#writing
— Anne Lamott
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing
March 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
‘Stop not writing. Just do it, badly. Just write the thing you need or want to write, that you are avoiding. That avoidance is costing you greatly, isometrically, and in general well-being. So can you find one measly hour, to write, badly?’
— Anne Lamott
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing
— Anne Lamott
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing
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“It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
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~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
March 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
― Virginia Woolf
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
― Virginia Woolf
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
― Virginia Woolf
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
― Virginia Woolf
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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Our Health Humanities colleagues shared some of their research with the VC today, including transcribing Victorian medical archives, cycles of care from the Victorian asylum to post-war care homes, 17C midwifery practices, and early modern plague treatments (a sponge with vinegar on the nose!)
February 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Our Health Humanities colleagues shared some of their research with the VC today, including transcribing Victorian medical archives, cycles of care from the Victorian asylum to post-war care homes, 17C midwifery practices, and early modern plague treatments (a sponge with vinegar on the nose!)
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We’re going to hear a lot more of THIS over the next four years.
#Trumpflation
#Trumpflation
January 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We’re going to hear a lot more of THIS over the next four years.
#Trumpflation
#Trumpflation
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Get thee to a nunnery ✝️
January 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Get thee to a nunnery ✝️
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
Overton Prize Winning Pamphlet review
Overton Prize Winning Pamphlet review
Lovely review of Our Fathers. Thanks to Peter Raynard
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Review by Peter Raynard of "Our Fathers" by Michael Brown
In a world where on the one hand powerful men are abusing their position through predatory activity towards women, whilst on the other the...
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January 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
Overton Prize Winning Pamphlet review
Overton Prize Winning Pamphlet review
Lovely review of Our Fathers. Thanks to Peter Raynard
everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...
everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...
Review by Peter Raynard of "Our Fathers" by Michael Brown
In a world where on the one hand powerful men are abusing their position through predatory activity towards women, whilst on the other the...
everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Lovely review of Our Fathers. Thanks to Peter Raynard
everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...
everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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A set of UK support services for anyone who needs them today.
There are also lots of us taking part in #JoinIn. People will chat to you on here if you want it.
You're not alone.
#mentalhealth #safety #escape
There are also lots of us taking part in #JoinIn. People will chat to you on here if you want it.
You're not alone.
#mentalhealth #safety #escape
December 25, 2024 at 12:45 PM
A set of UK support services for anyone who needs them today.
There are also lots of us taking part in #JoinIn. People will chat to you on here if you want it.
You're not alone.
#mentalhealth #safety #escape
There are also lots of us taking part in #JoinIn. People will chat to you on here if you want it.
You're not alone.
#mentalhealth #safety #escape